The last six weeks have seen the long-simmering feud between the Compton, Calif.,-born rapper Kendrick Lamar and the Canadian rapper Drake turn into a full-fledged beef, with confrontations delivered in the form of diss tracks. But the squabble didn’t boil over until April 30, when Mr. Lamar released “Euphoria,” a six-and-a-half minute dressing down of…
Bad Bunny, one of this year’s Met Gala co-hosts, chose to indulge the literary angle of the evening’s “Garden of Time” theme. While many attendees are sporting straightforward florals, the Latin legend opted for only a small bundle of fabric blooms to clutch between his leather gloves. The rest of the artist’s custom Maison Margiela…
Before the Met Gala on Monday, the most watched fashion event of the year was likely the “Dune: Part Two” press tour. Attending each premiere were several fashionable actresses the internet has taken to calling “mother”: Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rebecca Ferguson. Only one of them was an actual mother. Ms. Ferguson reminded me…
At 7 p.m. on May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven, then 53, strode onto the stage of the magnificent Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna to help conduct the world premiere of his Ninth Symphony, the last he would ever complete. That performance, whose 200th anniversary is on Tuesday, was unforgettable in many ways. But it…
Follow live updates on the 2024 Met Gala. On Sunday evening, the rapper Doja Cat swept into an upscale French restaurant in SoHo carrying a disposable Starbucks cup. She stashed it at the bar, and then made her way to the rear of the room to kiss the actress Pamela Anderson on one makeup-free cheek.…
When Kris Hallenga was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer — the most advanced form — at 23, questions swirled through her head: “Why didn’t anyone tell me to check my boobs? Why didn’t I know I could get breast cancer at 23?” If she hadn’t known that she could have breast cancer so young,…
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Days ahead of the first Monday in May—Met Gala Monday, as fashion folks call it—Law Roach was very busy, but content. “I retired and then unretired,” the image architect tells ELLE.com before adding, “I’m happy.” This sentiment is a 360-degree change from a little over a year ago when he announced via Instagram that he…
Scientists are proposing a new way of understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s that would mean that up to a fifth of patients would be considered to have a genetically caused form of the disease. Currently, the vast majority of Alzheimer’s cases do not have a clearly identified cause. The new designation, proposed in a study…
Even hearing the words “smash burger” makes my mouth water. I can just see myself with a spatula, pressing the patty until it sizzles and hisses, its edges browning alluringly in a halo of hot fat. And then that first juicy bite. Ali Slagle captures that crave-inducing sorcery in her new recipe for mushroom smash…